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Lot 1808 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Eureka, H.B. (Humboldt Bay), blue oval datestamp on 3¢ Reay entire to San Francisco, black Wells Fargo frank; reduced slightly at left, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1809 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Gold Run, blue oval datestamp on 3¢ entire to San Francisco, black Wells Fargo frank; irregular opening at right, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1810 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Express/ Los Angeles, blue oval on 3¢ Nesbitt entire to San Francisco, black Wells Fargo frank; edge wear, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1811 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./Marysville, blue oval and matching FREE in oval on 3¢ Nesbitt entire to San Francisco, Very Fine and scarce free franked Wells Fargo cover.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1812 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Maryville, blue double oval datestamp as secondary carrier on 3¢ entire to San Francisco with blue Langston's, Pioneer Express, Downievile oval and black Langston's frank, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate 300 - 400
Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein
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Lot 1813 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Express/ Marysville, black oval on 3¢ Nesbitt entire to San Francisco, black Wells Fargo printed inverted at bottom right, Very Fine and most unusual.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1814 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Rio Vista, blue oval datestamp on 3¢ entire to San Francisco, black Wells Fargo frank, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1815 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Sacramento, blue double circle datestamp on 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Placerville, black Wells Fargo frank and Bamber & Co. illustrated corner card featuring horse-drawn wagon, Very Fine and most unusual.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1816 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Express/ San Francisco, blue oval on 10¢ Nesbitt entire (U15) to Washington, D.C., red Wells Fargo frank; horizontal file fold, F-VF.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1817 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ S. Fr CO, blue double circle datestamp on 3¢ entire to Carson City, N.T., shaded all-over advertising for Hooker & Co., Iron, coal & Hardware, Sacramento, black Wells Fargo frank on left; small faults at top, Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1818 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ San Luis Obispo, oval handstamp on 3¢ entire to San Francisco with Wells Fargo frank and shaded all-over advertising for A. Blochman & Co. Pioneer Brick Store, Blochman datestamp on reverse, May 31, 1870, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1819 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Express/ San Luis Obispo, blue oval on 3¢ Reay entire with shaded all-over advertising for A. Blochman & Co. Pioneer Brick Store, black Wells Fargo frank at left, Blochman datestamp on reverse, Feb 3, 1873, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1820 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Sonora, blue oval datestamp on 3¢ star die entire (U19) to Sacramento, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1821 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Express/ Stockton, blue oval on 3¢ Nesbitt entire to San Francisco, black Wells Fargo frank, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1822 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. California, balance of collection comprising 25 2¢ 3¢ & 4¢ entires with printed franks and a nice variety of cancels; includes Yreka oval to Virginia City; Santa Cruz oval on Pacific Union franked envelope to San Francisco; Washoe City oval to Santa Clara; Boulder Creek oval to San Jose; San Jose oval on 3¢ Nesbitt to Santa Cruz; Nepa & Gilroy (2) ovals to San Francisco etc., etc. Also two later covers with red Wells Fargo labels (Visalia to Prescott, Az. and Carson to Sacramento); a 3¢ 1851 (Scott 11) tied by Sonora
Wells Fargo oval on cover to San Francisco; a cover from San Francisco to New York with two #11 tied upon arrival by "New-York/1 Ct." c.d.s.s, manuscript "Wells Fargo & Co's Express". A great lot, virtually all F-VF.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1823 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ New-York, blue double circle datestamp on 10¢ entire to San Francisco, black Wells Fargo frank at left, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1824 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Express/ Steamboat, blue oval on 3¢ Nesbitt entire from Stockton to San Francisco, black Wells Fargo frank, oval Hewlett & Collins, General Merchandise, Stockton handstamp on reverse, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate 400 - 600
Expertization: 1988 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1825 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Tombstone, A.T., purple oval datestamp on 3¢ green entire (U163) to San Francisco, black Wells Fargo frank, Very Fine. A nice example of this legendary Arizona Territory ghost town.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1826 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Tombstone, A.T., partial strike purple oval datestamp on 3¢ green entire (U164) to San Francisco, blue Wells Fargo frank, Fine strike on Extremely Fine cover.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1827 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Virginia, Nev., partial purple oval datestamp on 1864-65 24c blue entire (U71), black Wells Fargo frank, pre-printed address from Gold Hill Agency to Bank of California, San Francisco, intact Virginia Nev. BOC wax seal on flap, F-VF.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1828 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. Nevada and Utah, 10 covers, nine with Wells Fargo franks, comprising seven 3¢ entires with Wells Fargo oval cancels (3 Virginia Cty., N.T., 2 Virginia, Nev., one Hamiton, Nev. and an Austin N.T.); a 3¢ entire to Elizabeth, N.J. cancelled purple "Green Riv. & Ogden, R.P.O." duplex; a 2¢ entire postmarked Candelaria, Nev. duplex (1886) to Oakland, Cal.; also an unfranked 1898 envelope with Carson & Colorado Railway Co., Hawthorne, Nev. corner card to Carson, handstamped "Per Wells Fargo & Co's Express"; F-VF group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1829 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. Texas, selection of four covers comprising "Wells Fargo & Co., Express, Marfa Tex." purple oval on 3¢ entire to San Francisco; "Wells Fargo y Cia., El Paso, Texas" red oval datestamp on 2¢ entire to Aguascalientes, Mexico with green Mexican Wells Fargo frank; red boxed "Wells Fargo & Co., Express, Oct 17 1889, S.P. Howland, Cashier, Galveston. Tex." and violet "J.F. Purdy, Agt. W.F. & Co. Express, Calvert Texas" on 2¢ entire to Galveston; and 2¢ brown entire with black Wells Fargo frank cancelled Denison, Tex. duplex, Aug. 13 1888; a Very Fine and scarce group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1830 |
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Wells Fargo Provisional red frank on plain envelope, postage paid by 10¢ August issue (62B) tied by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express S. Frco. Feb 21" double circle, addressed to New York, N.Y., carried entirely outside the mails to the Wells Fargo's New York City office; stamp with light corner crease, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: 2005 P.F. Certificate.
For a brief period in 1861 government stamped envelopes were briefly unavailable from the post office due to the changeover from the "star dies" to the Nesbitt issue. Wells Fargo found it necessary to print their red frank on plain envelopes and to affix 10¢ adhesives to pay the government postage.
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Lot 1831 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. frank on 6¢ oval die entire, from San Francisco to New York, uprated with 3¢ 1869 (114) tied by San Francisco duplexes, special delivery blue Wells Fargo PAID in oval, black Wells Fargo frank at top: bottom and left side flaps missing, otherwise Very Fine. A rare usage.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: "Tahoe"
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Lot 1832 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. printed frank, on 3¢ entire (U83) to Tunnelton, W.V., Union Pac., R.P.O. duplex cancel, blind embossed R. Penman's Express, Truckee, Jamison, Mohawk & Eureka Mills corner card on reverse; slight opening faults at left, Fine and scarce.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1833 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. printed frank, on 3¢ Nesbitt entire postmarked "Sacramento City, Cal., Jul 21, 1860" to Auburn, Cal., manuscript "Due" and handstamp "3", used as a paste-up on back of legal size Bamber & Co. illustrated corner card envelope with a second Sacramento City c.d.s., Very Fine and unusual shortpaid double rate usage.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1834 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Victoria, blue oval datestamp on 1861 10¢ entire to San Francisco, additionally franked with British Columbia 1867-69 5¢ perf. 14 (9) tied by blue Victoria "35" oval; minor water stain at right, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1835 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Victoria, purple oval datestamp ties Canada 3¢ Small Queen on cover to San Francisco, black Victoria, Vancouver Island Wells Fargo frank, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1836 |
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Wells Fargo & Co./ Victoria, purple oval datestamp tied Canada 3¢ Small Queen on cover to San Francisco, scarce blue pictorial Wells Fargo Victoria, Vancouver Island frank, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1837 |
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Unfranked "paste-up" envelope, to Montreal showing "Wells, Fargo & Co./Victoria V.I./Express" oval handstamp in blue and "Union Pacific R.P.O./Mar 15" c.d.s., paste-up side is a U.S. 6¢ entire with a Canada Large Queen 6¢ brown (27) cancelled "35" in barred oval on unaddressed "paste-up" side with Wells Fargo frank, blue "For Great Britain (and Irela)nd" straightline handstamp and a 2nd strike of the blue Victoria Wells Fargo oval, as well as a "Montreal/Mr21 7?" c.d.s.; the two envelopes have been separated for display, there are a few cover tears and the stamp has a diagonal tear, but a very rare paste-up bearing Large Queen stamp.
Estimate 500 - 750
Expertization: 2004 Greene Certificate.
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Lot 1838 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. pictorial frank, on 2¢ entire (U228) to Moody Saw Mill, B.C., additional Canada 3¢ Small Queen cancelled same small Maltese Cross as 2¢ indicia, manuscript "Coll 10 cts" and magenta "Collect" handstamp with matching boxed "Forwarded by, British Columbia, Express Co.", manuscript "Not called for" and "Return to writer" handstamp, backstamped Moodyville, B.C., Dec 4, 1884 and four different Dead Letter Office handstamps, Washington, D.C. duplex handstamp, Apr 9, 1885, upon return to Washington, Fine and unusual.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1839 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. Mexico, collection of about 85 covers, about 50 of which have Mexican Wells Fargo franks (30 are mint) and the remainder of which are Hidalgo Express (3 mint); excellent variety of franks, imprinted stamps, and towns, all F-VF.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1840 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. covers, group of five 2¢ Plimpton entires with Wells Fargo franks comprising San Francisco Messenger "17" and "106" ovals; Messenger "45" El Paso, Texas; San Francisco oval to Courtland, Cal. and "Wells Fargo & Co., Messenger, S.S. State" packet boat oval on San Francisco paste-up; F-VF.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1841 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. entires, selection of 24 mint U.S. entires with printed Wells Fargo franks (3 Mexico) values to 10¢ including a 3¢ U58 with a black Wells Fargo frank printed on reverse a red Pacific Union frank; F-VF.
Estimate 200 - 300
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